minamina
/ mina.mina /1. nvt., To regret, be sorry, deplore; to grieve for something that is lost; regret, sorrow.
- Examples:
- Minamina nohoʻi, too bad, what a shame.
- Minamina au i kona puka ʻole ʻana mai ke kula mai, I regret she did not graduate from school.
2. To prize greatly, value greatly, especially of something in danger of being lost; to value, place great value on; value, worth.
- Examples:
- He mea minamina ʻia ke keiki, a child is to be prized.
- ʻAʻole minamina ʻo lākou i ke ola, they do not set much value on human life.
3. Saving, economical, miserly, ungenerous; covetous, of things that one values; economy, thrift.
- Examples:
- Minamina au i kēia pepa, I'm saving with this paper.
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